I cannot run any Tasks from the Task Manager/Scheduled Tasks in W2k. I get the error “Unable to start the service”
The Services tab in COmputer Mamagement gives “Error 5: Access is denied” when I try to start the service manually. This is when logged in as a user with full admin rights, and also when logged in as the Administrator.
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WSWyllyWylly
AskWoody LoungerJanuary 10, 2001 at 10:46 am #1775365I don’t know that this would solve anything, but you can run the system file checker to verify the integrity of your system’s software. Takes a while and wants the CD but a
worthy endeavor.%windir%System32sfc.exe /scannow
I’m assuming you have SP1 installed – if not, you should install it.
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AskWoody LoungerApril 3, 2001 at 6:39 pm #1781326Hey Mark,
Did you ever figure out an answer to this one? I, unfortunately, have encountered the same problem on a few machines and can not figure out a fix.
The below MSKB article on the Task Scheduler is the error I am receiving, but their suggestion doesn’t fix it on my computer.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ar…s/Q246/1/83.ASP
Every time I try to schedule a TASK, the error I receive is “Object Already Exists”. I have full administrative rights to this machine with Win2K SP1 and IE55SP1.
Any suggestions are welcome.
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